PRS Paul Reed Smith Private Stock Limited Edition Orianthi Guitar, Blooming Lotus Glow

PLAYER'S PERSPECTIVE

As a premier PRS Signature dealer, we are honored to bring you another unique and beautiful creation from our friends over at the Paul Reed Smith Private Stock workshop! There's never any question as to the quality of the instrument you're getting when you get any PRS guitar, but there's something magical with these Private Stock instruments. They're simply unlike any other PRS guitar out there. Here's the absolutely stunning Orianthi Limited Edition, based on the venerable Custom 24 platform.

Some of the special features on this beautiful instrument are a high-gloss nitro finish, a highly-figured Curly Maple top, Private Stock-grade pieces of mahogany for the neck and back, and an intricate and ornate "Lotus Vine" custom inlay made with Asian Pink Coral and Solid White Mother of Pearl. You also get the phenomenal, vintage-voiced 58/15 TM pickups, which are quite unusual on a guitar in the Custom 24 mold!

PRS's Private Stock guitars are the cream of the crop, and this one is a true masterpiece in every way.

Details

Orianthi is known for working with top musicians, including Carlos Santana, Alice Cooper, Carrie Underwood, and Michael Jackson, and PRS guitars have been in her hands every step of the way. This limited edition is based on the in-demand guitarist’s personalized Custom 24 first made as a one-off artist build by the Private Stock team in 2017.

The Private Stock Orianthi Limited Edition keeps many of the specs as that original artist build, including a figured maple top, mahogany back, and a 24-fret, 25” scale length, Pattern Thin mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard. Like the original, the fretboard is adorned with a custom “Lotus Vine” inlay (similar to PRS’s classic “Tree of Life” design) that was inspired by a pen Orianthi sent to the team. The inlay is made from Asian Pink Coral and mother of pearl. Newly developed to showcase the Private Stock grade figured maple, the Private Stock Orianthi Limited Edition comes in Blooming Lotus Glow, which has a pink center glow that fades outward to a similar purple as the original artist build, which was opaque rather than hand stained.

The electronics feature a volume and tone control with 5-way blade pickup switch, functioning the same way as a PRS Custom 24. The Private Stock Orianthi Limited Edition is outfitted with 58/15 treble and bass pickups, which offer a round tone.